Washing-machine.



Ax H. HORNSBY.

WASHING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED Nov.9. 1911. RENEWED AUG.17,19!4.

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H. HURNSBY. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED N0V-9|191l- RENEWED AUG- 17,1914.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915,

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A. H. HORNSBY.

WASHING MACHINE. v

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, I911. RENEWED AUG- IT, I914. 1,134,613. Patented Apr. 6, 1915. V 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Application filed November 9; 1911, Serial IITO- 659,405. Renewed'August 17, 1914. Serial No. 857,431.

Be it known that I, ADDIE H. HonN'sBY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas, State of Nebraska, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Washmg-Machmes;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it app'ertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates'to an in washing machinesof the agitator typ e. The principal object ofithe nvention s to provide'a' novel form-of mechanism, for

tator for drawing'air' into the machine be' low the clothes upon-the'up'st'roke of said agitator; v

A further object of the inventlon is to provide a washing machine of the character described which is composed of a minimum number of parts, is simple in construction andis therefore cheap to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the cla1ms hereto atpPendedg-itbiain flunderstood that various changes in the orm, proportion, size and minor details. of construction within the scope'of the claims, may be resorted to Without. departing. from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing a machine constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 1, Fig. 4: is a detail horizontal sectional view taken on the line H of Fig.

. 2, Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view through the pinions, Fig. 7

is a plan. View of one of the sections of the 6 and an open end 7. Associated with said improvement upper end is a top 8 which is centrally formedwith a circular opening 9. Formed in the top 8 is a door 10, which is connected to said top by means ofhinges 11-. Gentrally disposed within the receptacle is an ;openended cylinder 12 having ,its wall 1 of the cylinder 12, and is formed with a plurality of small perforations 15.

Mounted upon the top 8 is a pair of 0pposed inverted U-shaped brackets 16 and 17 respectively, each bracket consistin of Patenteanpr. e, 1915.

y through the spaced legs 18-18, and the former inc uding an intermediate and outwardly .bowed' leg 19. Mounted in the bight portions 20 of said brackets is, a bolt 21 constituting an axle, and rotatably mounted on the end thereof and outside the bracket 17 is a wheel 22 which is formed with an internal gear 23. The rim of this wheel is formed with a circumferential groove 24 adapted to, be engaged by a belt or other. suitable drivin means. A crank handle 25 is also secured to the wheel, so that the same may .be operated by hand should it be so desired. 7 Dlspo'sed between the brackets 16 and 17 is a plunger rod designated as awhole by the reference numeral 26. This rod is formed of spaced section's 27 -27, each beingformed on the outer face with a plurality of teeth 28. These' sections are'dispos'ed' on opposite sides of the axle 21, and are connected at their'upper ends by means of a plate 29. The lower ends of the sections are each formed with a reduced threaded extremity 30, which is projected through a suitable opening formed in a plate 31. Formed in this plate between said openings is a central opening wherethrough projects the upper end'of the neck 32 of a funnel 33, said funnel being adapted to be reciprocated within the cylinder 12, as will be hereinafter more fully described. The mouth of the funnel is provided around its periphery with a packing 33 which closely engages the inner Wall of the cylinder 12. Disposed around the neck 32 of the funnel and below the plate 31 is a second plate 31* and these plates areconnecte'd by a plurality of bolts'34.

In order to reciprocate the plunger rod 26, there are mounted on the legs 18 of the v means of an elbow 45 bracket 16 and on opposite sides of said rod, stub axles 35-35. Rotatably mounted upon each axle a single casting forming a pin ion 36 and a mutilated gear 37, said pinion and gear being connected by a sleeve 38 which is journaled upon said axle. The pinions 36 are arranged to always mesh with the internal gear 23 of the wheel 22, while the mutilated gears 37 are respectively adapted to alternately engage the teeth 28 of the plunger rod 26. It will thus be observed that when the wheel 23 is rotated, the pinions 36 are caused to rotate and consequently the mutilated gears 37 alternately mesh with the teeth of the plunger rod to cause the latter to reciprocate. It will fur-' thermore be observed that when the plunger rod 26 reciprocates, the funnel 33 will be carried therewith.

Disposed within the bottom of the cylinder 12 and extending laterally therefrom is a pipe 38 having a series of small perforations 39 formed therein. This pipe projects outwardly beyond the shell 14, and is connected to a plurality of pipe sections 40, the upper section projecting through an opening 41 formed in the top 8 of the machine. Secured to the upper section is a detachable section 42, which by means of an elbow 43 is connected to a horizontal section 44, and this last section is connected by to a depending section 46 adapted to register with and to he slidably engaged by the upper end of the neck 32 of said funnel 33.

Disposed within the receptacle 5 around the cylinder 12 is a follower 47, which is preferably formed of mesh Wire or the like, and is adapted to be supported by the clothes within the receptacle, said clothes being placed within the receptacle 5 around the cylinder 12.

In operation, after the funnel 33 is moved downwardly by the mechanism above described, water will be forced from the ining one end bottom end terior of the cylinder 12 through the openings 13 thereof and against the clothes. WVhen the funnel is moved upwardly, air will be drawn in through the pipe sections 44, 42, 40, 38 and through the openings 39 of the latter and into the cylinder 12, so that on the following downward movement of the funnel, the said air will be caused to pass outwardly through the openings 13 of the cylinder 12 and commingle with the water and clothes around said cylinder, thereby keeping the water in an agitated condition. It will also be observed that when the funnel is moved upwardly, the water will be drawn downwardly through the clothes by the suction created by the funnel. This water will be drawn into the bottom of the cylinder through the perforations thereof, and this water will subsequently pass out from the cylinder through the intermediate perforations.

What is claimed is:

1. In a washing machine, a receptacle, a perforated cylinder within the receptacle, a plunger reciprocable Within the cylinder and means associated with the plunger whereby downward movement thereof will introduce air in the bottom of the cylinder.

2. In a washing machine, a receptacle, a perforated cylinder within the receptacle, a plunger comprising an inverted funnel, a pipe disposed within the receptacle and havperforated and disposed in the 1 of the cylinder and having its other projecting downwardly axially of the cylinder and telescopically slidably engaging the neck of the funnel and means for reciprocating the funnel.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture, in presence of two witnesses.

ADDIE H. HORN SBY.

Witnesses:

Rosa J. HORNSBY, HARRIET A. HORNSBY. 

